Thomas o shaughnessy



PATBNTBD PEB. 2, 1904.

T. OSHAUGHNESSY.

SEWING AWL.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26. 1903.

NO MODEL.

' W/TNESSES.'

A TTOHNEYS Patented ebruary 2, 1904.

` 'rHoMAs osHAUGHNEssY, or SAN Jose, oALiEoRNiA.

servirle-awa..

SPECLELCATXON forming part of Letters Patent No. 751,334, dated February 2, 1904.

Application filed June 26, 1903. Serial No. 163,225. .No model.)

To all 11i/mm 111 77mg/ concern-.-

Bo it known that 1,'1`noMAs OSHAUGHNESSY, a citizen of the United States, anda resident'vgif San Jose. in the county of- Santa Clara ang-l State of California, have invented a new` and Improved Sewing-Avd, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in sewing-awls designed particularlyfor use in repairing leather goods-such as harness, shoes, gloves, &c.an object being to provide a sewing-awl adapted to be operated manually in making repairs and that shall be simple in construction and convenient to handle.

1 will describe a sewing-awl embodying' my invention and thon,` point out the novel features in the appended claim.

.Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, Jforming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a seiving-awl embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. Fig.- 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 shows a lockingeplng employed.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the handle of the awl, which, as indicated in Fig. 2, is chamhered, as at 6, for receiving awls ot dilierent sizes. ltemovably connected to the end-oi' the handle is a rei-rule 7, the outer opening 8 of which has its walls tapered and made angular to receive the correspondingly-shaped shank portion 9 0i the awl 10. The inner end `of the shank 9 is made conical, as indicated at 11, to engage in a corresponding recess in av lockingplug V12. This plug 12 has an exterior screw-thread for engaging with the interior thread in the ierrpic 7, and the'inner end ot' theplug is provided with `an angular lug 13 to be grasped by ones fingers for removing or inserting the plug. The awl l() has an eye 14 near its pointed end, and preferably it is provided with a longitudinal channel 15, into which the thread passes. rlhe thread 16 from the butt-vend of the awl 10 passes through a guide-eye 17 formed inthe ferrule 7 andhaving a terminal adjacent to the aivl.

In the operation the threaded aivl is passed through the leather or other material, and the thread .is looped in a manner similar to thatv done bya sewing-machine.

Having thus descr-i bed my invention, I claim as new and desire to sec e by Letters Patent- A seWing-awl comprising a handle, a tubular ferrule removably mounted on the handle, the walls of the outlet of the opening of said ferrule being ang'ular, an awi having' ashank corresponding in shape to the `walls of said opening and' having a conical end, a removable plug on the foi-rule and having a recess to receive the conical end of the awl, and an angular lug extended from said plug.

1n testimony whereof I. have signed my name l to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' THOMAS OVSHAUGHNESSY. W itnesses:

CHAs. A. SAWYER, GEO. H. lima. 

